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In Major League Baseball (MLB), a player in each league wins the home run title each season by hitting the most home runs that year. [2] Only home runs hit in a particular league count towards that league's seasonal lead. Mark McGwire, for example, hit 58 home runs in 1997, more than any other player that year.
This is a list of some of the records relating to home runs hit in baseball games played in the Major Leagues.Some Major League records are sufficiently notable to have their own page, for example the single-season home run record, the progression of the lifetime home run record, and the members of the 500 home run club.
Barry Bonds holds the record for most career home runs, hitting 762 over his 22-year career. This is a list of the 300 Major League Baseball players who have hit the most career home runs in regular season play (i.e., excluding playoffs or exhibition games).
In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 50 home run club is the group of batters who have hit 50 or more home runs in a single season. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Babe Ruth was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1920.
Most home runs by a pitcher Wes Ferrell: 37 Most grand slams by a pitcher shared by Madison Bumgarner and Tony Cloninger: 2 [5] [6] Oldest player to hit first home run Bartolo Colón: 42 years, 349 days old [7] Youngest player to hit a home run Tommy Brown: 17 years, 257 days old [8] Most runs batted in: Hank Aaron: 2,297 [9] Most hits: Pete ...
List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders. 500 home run club; 600 home run club; List of Major League Baseball progressive career home runs leaders; List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders. 50 home run club; List of Major League Baseball progressive single-season home run leaders
Williams, the last man to hit .400 in an MLB season (.406 in 1941), won six American League batting titles, two Triple Crowns, and two MVP awards. He ended his career with 521 home runs and a .344 career batting average. Williams achieved these numbers and honors despite missing nearly five full seasons to military service and injuries. [80]
Season Most wins Jim Bagby, Sr. Lefty Grove Denny McLain: 31 1920 1931 1968: Most losses Paul Derringer: 27 1933: Most strikeouts Nolan Ryan: 383 1973: Most shutouts Bob Gibson: 13 1968: Most innings pitched Wilbur Wood: 376.2 1972: Most complete games Bob Feller: 36 1946: Most hits allowed Wilbur Wood: 381 1973: Most earned runs allowed Bobo ...